Miss Doronjo's / Arietta, the Wild's comments are in Bolded Royal Blue.
Drakow's are in Red.

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As the scientist worked in his scret lab that night, the lights went off. Everything was covered in a dark mist. As the scientist turned out the window, lightning struck. A shadowy figure could be seen. It was time for a battle.

So, I've had a battle with Drakow over some days ago, which was weird, but pretty awesome. Anyhow, I've got to give credit to Drakow for letting me use his layout, which is awesome. Anyway, enjoy, my friends!

Howdy Competitive Battle Centre. Had a really interesting match against Miss Doronjo recently, so we decided to make a battle log for it. My opponent put the effort into making this log so thank him for it. I just put my comments in and such. Anyway, onto the match!

Dragons...it's tough to play around dragons, especially with this sun team of mine. Hydriegon's going to be a pain, Latias is going to be annoying, and Scrafty's going to be tough. But, will science prevail? We shall see...

A Sun team. Have not faced many of these actually – especially recently. Will have to approach his team with a degree of caution. Magnezone cannot take on a Heatran and half of Overdark Dragon is vulnerable to Dugtrio. Biggest concern at the initial glance is Venasaur. It will outspeed all of Overdark Dragon and can potentially incapacitate a Pokemon with Sleep Powder too. The plan is to lead with Latias and set up protective screens and take off from there.

I switched out Latias here, and went to Porygon-2, because it's my best switch in for now. However, I'm kicking myself for not letting this thing have Toxic, but, it'll have to do. I decided to cahrge beam here, just to raise my special attack so that I'll have aneasier time Ice Beaming over his Light screen.

With Light Screen activated, I doubt Porygon 2 will be that threatening to me. Going to set up Reflect and then probably switch out to Haxorus in an attempt to set up and do some big damage.

Hm, Haxorus. It takes an Ice Beam, but another one should be able to KO it. Outrage won't KO me, so, I'm in a good position here.

Damn it. That was well played. Will have to attack immediately with Haxorus now. Expect the switch to Heatran so will use Earthquake to take care of that. Earthquake will still do a fair amount of damage to Porygon 2 if it should stay in regardless.

I guess he forgot that Porygon-2 had a traced levitate? Then again, it doesn't have Mold Breaker? Regardless, it faints, and he decided to send in his scrafty. It's time for me to switch out here too, to my Venusaur.

Retard moment right there. Overlooked the fact that Porygon 2 had traced Levitate but also probably forgot that Haxorus currently has Rivalry as the ability and not Mold Breaker. This is appalling. Must step things up a notch henceforth. The screens are still up and running so going to attempt a set up with Scrafty.

Well, here, he Dragon Dances, and I decided to Sleep Powder. Risky move, as he might of been carrying Lum Berry, or Shed Skin, but, it was the only way I have a chance on beating this thing.

Damn it. Do not even think a second Dragon Dance will grant Scrafty enough speed to outrun Venasaur in the sun. Certain it will use Sleep Powder in an attempt to neutralize my Scrafty but should get the last laugh this time as Scrafty currently has Shed Skin. Do not want to risk another Dragon Dance so will go straight for Ice Punch.

Ice Punch takes Venusaur out, in which I find out its Life Orb, but no worries; that's better! Dugtrio should be able to revenge kill it now. Even with +1 Speed, he won't be able to outspeed it with Scrafty.

NO! Dugtrio has ruined the prospect of sweeping with Scrafty. Perhaps should have risked the second Dragon Dance after all, though am unsure.

Start of turn 9

The foe's Dugtrio used Earthquake!
DRAKOW lost 75 HP! (27% of its health)
DRAKOW fainted!

Well, I was hoping he used Draco Meteor, but, oh well. I decided to use Ice Shard, just to rack up some damage.

The Focus Blast was used as a switch into Heatran to soak the potential Draco Meteor was expected. Perhaps Porygon 2 was built as a special wall too, so Focus Blast would have hit that hard as well. I know Donphan carries Ice Shard and that is what will most likely hit Hydreigon next turn. Hydreigon is quite bulky however and while Light Screen faded away last turn, Reflect still has one more turn left before fading. With these factors taken into account, Hydreigon has no fear of Ice Shard. Will use Dark Pulse for the knock out. Unfortunately it means that Hydreigon can no longer feint a Choice item (it holds Expert Belt) but do not want Focus Blast to miss so that is the sacrifice to make to ensure the knock out.

I send in Ninetales hoping I can hit it with Hidden Power Ice. I'm hoping it'll do decent damage at this range, but we'll see.

Barring Hypnosis and Hidden Power Ice, Hydreigon does not fear Ninetails. Do not think Hypnosis is used since Sleep Powder is on Venusaur anyway. Also do not think Hidden Power Ice will be that damaging but to play it safe, will switch in Latias and re-establish the protective screens.

He's probably confused the fact that I didn't send in Porygon-2 sooner. Well, I planned to use Overheat, followed up with a Power Swamp.

Honestly expected a switch to Porygon 2 again or something. Do not understand what he is trying to establish here. Going to set up Reflect regardless but am really interested in seeing what plans he has.

Though, at this point, I should of known that his Latias wasn't built for offense. My bad. Anyway, here, I was hoping that Heatran could at least set up on it so that I can handle his Hydreigon easier, but, we'll see.

A cute trick. This Latias isn’t built for offense though, so the special attack drop is of very little consequence. Was going to switch regardless to Hydreigon. With the protection up, Ninetails won’t breach Hydreigon.

Start of turn 15

Overlord Drakow called Latias back!
Overlord Drakow sent out VAN'DALGYON! (Hydreigon)
Arietta, the Wild called Ninetales back!
Arietta, the Wild sent out Heatran!

Ah, but he makes a double switch anyway. So, I have no chhoice but to fodder Heatran here. Shame though, I'd like to show it off someday.

Floating on a Balloon. Yet another factor which escaped the thought process when opting for Earthquake on Haxorus. There’s little reason to fear Heatran. Without a Choice Scarf, it cannot outpace Hydreigon and a Focus Blast should be a clean one hit knock out.

Here, I thought I could Power Swap it, but, I forgot that Power Swap won't work on Dark-type pokemon...sigh. This was my retard moment. Here, I should of sent in Porygon 2 on his incoming Draco Meteor, but, eh. Ninetales was no help against his dragons anyway.

The Overheat probably would not have done much damage if it had connected and I believe he was planning on using Power Swap next turn to cripple Hydreigon. Perhaps he overlooked the fact that Hydreigon is a Dark type and so it wouldn’t work. Not sure. Regardless going in for the kill with Draco Meteor and with Heatran out of the picture, there is no reason to hold back.

Start of turn 18

The foe's Ninetales used Overheat!
It's not very effective...
VAN'DALGYON lost 72 HP! (22% of its health)
The foe's Ninetales's Sp. Att. sharply fell!

He sent in his Magnezone thinking I don't carry any other moves besides charge beam and ice beam. Well, he'll be in for a suprise soon enough! However, I decided to charge beam here one more time, incase he's thinking of double switching his Latias for my Dugtrio, or maybe subsituting.

This could turn into a Charge Beam war. Better set up a Substitute first incase Dugtrio makes an appearance.

Start of turn 20
MAGNETO used Substitute!
MAGNETO made a substitute!

The foe's Porygon2 used Charge Beam!
It's not very effective...
MAGNETO's substitute took the damage!
The foe's Porygon2's Sp. Att. rose!

Haha! Science does it again! Hidden Power Fire i a nice move against moments like these. Now, I'll be able to OHKO him, since his Light Screen faded.

NOOOOOOOOOOO! Honestly thought the last move would be Tri Attack. What a turn of events. Magnezone will probably die next turn and am going to need to think hard of what to do after the fact. Better try and do as much damage as possible with a Flash Cannon.

Haha! Chalk another one up for science, Gary! Anyway, I gain some health here as he sent in his Latias, which was perfect, because now I'll be able to gain more health back, and charge beam some more boost, slowly wearing his screens don in case he wants to put them back up. I can pull off a turnaround here.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT THE HELL! Looking back, should have known it wouldn’t have killed Porygon 2. A +1 Sp atk Magnezone did around a third of it’s health so a neutral Draco Meteor shouldn’t do much more damage. Should have gone with Focus Blast but did not want to rely on its shaky accuracy. This is a disaster! Thrown away the victory now. Have no idea on how to break through that Porygon 2 now. For now though, must switch Hydreigon out. Let’s bring in Latias and get the barriers up and running again.

[COLOR=royalblue]Well, he could 2 Hit KO me with it. Anyway, this battle was the climax -- if I can get Porygon-2 to stall ot his screen tme, I'll beable to KO his Hydreigon, which Bronzong won't be much of a problem anyway, so I'll win the match if I can pull this off. Providing that he doesn't crit me, of course. But no worries! Science shall triumph!

That is good damage. Alright, this is the plan. Going to spam Dark Pulse and if Porygon 2 flinches enough times, it will be in the knock out range of Focus Blast. It’s an incredible long shot but because of the mistake of using Draco Meteor over Focus Blast earlier, this has to be done.

...Or that could happen. If he gets another flinch, he wins, basically. Though, If I don't and I recover, then I'll win, since he only has one more turn for screens. COME ONNNN I JUST NEED ONE MORE TURN!

Well, Dugtrio comes in, but, its no match for his Bronzong. GAH, I ONLY NEEDED ONE MORE TUUUURN. ;; But I don't blame him. It was the only way he could pull this off.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Victory! Though it’s such a shame that it was ultimately obtained through such a cheap and hax method but there was literally no other choice. Anyway, Bronzong will take care of Dugtrio no problems.

- Charge Beam raising special attack every time
- Porygon-2 for its survivability!
- Venusaur and Dugtrio was okay too; for they helped me out in a sticky situation with his Scrafty.

Slops:

- Gah, I'm sorry for playing you so badly Ninetales. ;;
- Heatran literally did nothing. xD
- His Hydrigeion was no picnic to try and beat. His Latias wasn't a trip to cherryland eaither.

Overlord Drakow;

Props:

- Focus Blast having 100% accuracy.
- Hydreigon. Definitely the MVP for this match, taking out 2/3 of his team.
- Latias did well too. Those screens put in a lot of work in the overall course of the match.

Slops:

-Being a retard with Haxorus Earthquake and Hydreigon Draco Meteor against Porygon 2.
- Porygon 2. Thing truly gave me hell in that battle. Definitely the biggest threat on his team in hindsight. At least for me.
-Around half of the team being useless.

Summary

Science lost that day, but, over all, it was a cool match! I underestimated Porygon-2; it was pretty awesome. Kind of sad I didn't get to use Heatran, but, eh. Them's the breaks. Anyway, thanks for reading! Science may have lost, but there shall be other battles! yes...other battles... *muhahahaha!*

An interesting match definitely. Was a bit awkward not being able to use Bronzong throughout the match though, cause most things packed a fire attack of some sort which would murder it. Had to rely on Latias for pivoting (I think that's the right term) and such, which wasn't too bad actually. I'm used to relying on Bronzong for defence though so it was a bit of a new experience for me. Ideally you have found this informative and perhaps entertaining too. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Forever

November 16th, 2011, 08:34 AM

It's weird, I was watching this but when reading back it was completely different, lol (GOOD TO SEE IT WAS FINALLY POSTED AFTER LIKE 4 DAYS, pfft!)

But yeah tbh I skipped to the comments mainly buut was a good read! Last few comments between you and Drakow were most interesting imo. Good luck defeating darkness next time science :3

Ooka

November 16th, 2011, 08:37 AM

Was a nice read. I'm curious how much damage Hydreigon would have taken even with Light Screen up (Considering all the boosts).

Nice job guys.

Yoshikko

November 16th, 2011, 09:28 AM

DARKARMDRAG used Earthquake!
It had no effect!

son.

Overlord Drakow

November 16th, 2011, 09:30 AM

DARKARMDRAG used Earthquake!
It had no effect!

son.

LOL.

I know I know. I'm a retard V______________V

Vrai

November 18th, 2011, 04:45 PM

It was cute and I applaud the effort. There were a lot of things I didn't like, though... Firstly you didn't have to recap the match after every turn. I don't know if it was just me but that got annoying and I just scrolled through it. You can do it after every kill but if you feel the need to recap after every turn, you can do it in a format like this:

...you see what I mean? It's a lot less huge and less painful on the eyes. You can do a whole team update, sure, but I think that'd be best saved for after each KO. Lastly I think that there are better battles to use, really. There weren't really a whole lot of warstory-quality moves (yeah drakow accidentally sacing Haxorus when it would have done a significant number to p2 and wearing down Heatran is what he wants, anyway) and that Drakow basically was clean-swept by p2 in the first place. I think some fixes on the commentary would help that (several times you both used the same terminology which was kinda... weird, and you both referenced things that'd happen in the future too), but most of the things I had an issue with were in the battle itself. That said, it's a wonderful effort and I think it's great some people are trying out battle logs, but I think that there might be a few better battles to use than this one.

Ciax

November 18th, 2011, 05:13 PM

This was great to read and interesting too. I don't know much about competetive battling so just wondering why use Porygon2 over Porygon-Z?

Overlord Drakow

November 18th, 2011, 05:23 PM

Porygon 2 can use the item Eviolite (works only on non fully evolved Pokemon and it boosts their defences by 50%) so it's used as a sturdy wall / attacker whereas Porygon-Z is a frail but fast sweeper. The two serve completely different purposes.

Vrai

November 18th, 2011, 08:21 PM

This was great to read and interesting too. I don't know much about competetive battling so just wondering why use Porygon2 over Porygon-Z?

Like Drakow said, Porygon2 is infinitely bulkier than Porygon-Z. P2 also gets Trace (like how it Traced Levitate), which gives it an edge over a lot of other bulky Pokemon. It can switch in on things like Jolteon and Trace their Volt Absorb so that Jolteon's Electric moves heal P2 instead. They do serve entirely different purposes, and Porygon2 is actually significantly more useful than its evolution in that manner.